Sarah Ferguson stands by Prince Andrew: 'I won't have his character defamed'

February 20, 2015

Sarah Ferguson continued to defend her ex-husband Prince Andrew while appearing on NBC’s "Today" on Tuesday. Sarah, Duchess of York, was in
the studio to talk about her phenomenal weight loss — 55 lbs.

Sarah accepted his question and responded: “The great news
is that Andrew and I and the girls are the best family unit there ever is. I know
him extremely, extremely well. Buckingham Palace put out a denial two weeks ago
or a week ago, and we stand by that denial.”

Sarah continued to defend her ex-husband to Matt Lauer

Matt then interjected, asking if she has spoken to Andrew
specifically, but Sarah quickly cut in, “Secondly, and more importantly, that I
won’t stand by because I know what it feels like to have salacious lies made up
about you... They are just shockingly
accusatory allegations which I don’t think is right.”

The mother of
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie added, “It is
defamation of character and as a great father and humongously good man in all
the work he does for Britain, [I] won’t stand by and let him have his character
defamed to this level.”

Sarah poses with her two daughters

Matt was able to get in another question asking if she spoke
to Andrew about meeting the victim referred to as "Jane Doe 3" but was shot down. The Ambassador for Global Health Innovation
again stated, “We are not getting into this subject because you need to ask him
that and you need to ask Buckingham Palace that.”

The journalist followed up on Sarah’s response asking if Andrew would ever come out and speak. The Duchess quipped, “We have absolutely, 100
percent — Buckingham Palace has put out the denial, and I as his best friend and
my best ex-husband ever and the most wonderful father to the girls will not be
drawn on any subject because my integrity, and the American people know my
integrity, and my integrity is of a great man and I will not have one word said
about him on any level, any level.”

The family on one of their many ski vacations to Verbier, Switzerland in 2003

The talk then moved to a lighter subject, 55-year-old Sarah’s
amazing new physique. “I’ve been a comfort eater since I was 12 years old,”
Sarah explained. “I used food as my friend.”

“I suddenly got to a point where I just couldn’t bear looking
at myself any minute longer,” she continued. “I decided that I would go and
discover, which is why I’ve started Duchess Discoveries, and find out ... after all these years, that you could lose the weight
and keep it off. It was all down to good nutrition.”

For her, it was as simple as that, so she
created her own nutritional campaign. Find out more by watching the full interview: